Rongqin Yu

3.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
51 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Rongqin Yu is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rongqin Yu has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Clinical Psychology, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rongqin Yu's work include Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (15 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (11 papers). Rongqin Yu is often cited by papers focused on Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (15 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (11 papers). Rongqin Yu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and China. Rongqin Yu's co-authors include Seena Fazel, Helen P. Hailes, Andrea Danese, Louis Favril, John Geddes, Wim Meeus, Susan Branje, Gabrielle Beaudry, Keith Hawton and Amanda Perry and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Rongqin Yu

49 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Long-term outcomes of childhood sexual abuse: an umbrella review

2019 462 citations Rongqin Yu, Seena Fazel et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
Risk factors for suicide in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological autopsy studies

2022 134 citations Louis Favril, Rongqin Yu et al. profile →
Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 117 citations Shaoling Zhong, Morwenna Senior et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →
Individual-level risk factors for suicide mortality in the general population: an umbrella review

2023 65 citations Louis Favril, Rongqin Yu et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rongqin Yu United Kingdom	20	1.5k	655	377	365	345	51	2.1k
Roberto Maniglio Italy	18	1.6k 1.1×	398 0.6×	400 1.1×	351 1.0×	238 0.7×	23	1.9k
María Forns Spain	20	1.7k 1.2×	352 0.5×	555 1.5×	376 1.0×	306 0.9×	80	2.4k
Jason Bantjes South Africa	25	1.4k 1.0×	384 0.6×	201 0.5×	438 1.2×	736 2.1×	126	2.3k
M. Kay Jankowski United States	21	1.3k 0.9×	219 0.3×	237 0.6×	282 0.8×	209 0.6×	36	1.6k
Rashelle J. Musci United States	27	1.0k 0.7×	361 0.6×	158 0.4×	356 1.0×	457 1.3×	120	2.0k
Earl S. Hishinuma United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	429 0.7×	281 0.7×	357 1.0×	307 0.9×	116	1.8k
Melissa Kimber Canada	21	1.1k 0.8×	345 0.5×	320 0.8×	340 0.9×	198 0.6×	84	1.6k
Arielle H. Sheftall United States	21	1.9k 1.3×	452 0.7×	328 0.9×	213 0.6×	420 1.2×	45	2.2k
Mireille Cyr Canada	24	1.4k 0.9×	298 0.5×	474 1.3×	378 1.0×	487 1.4×	95	1.9k
Heather M. Foran United States	23	1.1k 0.8×	597 0.9×	948 2.5×	604 1.7×	529 1.5×	95	2.2k

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Giorgi, Riccardo De, Tessa Lomax, Carmen Moreno, et al.. (2025). Epilepsy and mental health disorders: current challenges and potential solutions. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 1–8.

Yu, Rongqin, et al.. (2025). An umbrella review of health outcomes following traumatic brain injury. Nature Mental Health. 3(1). 83–91. 6 indexed citations

Tang, Tan, et al.. (2025). PuzzleSorter: Certainty-Aware Visual Restoration of Multiple Cultural Artifacts. Computational Visual Media. 11(6). 1281–1302.

Liu, Zhongqi, Rongqin Yu, Xin Yao, & Qiaoyuan Yan. (2025). The impact of feedback elements in serious games on nursing learning outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nurse Education Today. 150. 106689–106689. 1 indexed citations

Lagerberg, Tyra, et al.. (2025). Systematic review of risk factors for violence in psychosis: 10-year update. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 226(2). 100–107. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Rongqin, Yasmina Molero, Paul Lichtenstein, et al.. (2023). Development and Validation of a Prediction Tool for Reoffending Risk in Domestic Violence. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2325494–e2325494. 1 indexed citations

Fazel, Seena, Matthias Burghart, Achim Wolf, Daniel Whiting, & Rongqin Yu. (2023). Effectiveness of Violence Prevention Interventions: Umbrella Review of Research in the General Population. Trauma Violence & Abuse. 25(2). 1709–1718. 10 indexed citations

Favril, Louis, Rongqin Yu, John Geddes, & Seena Fazel. (2023). Individual-level risk factors for suicide mortality in the general population: an umbrella review. The Lancet Public Health. 8(11). e868–e877. 65 indexed citations breakdown →

Yu, Rongqin, Seena Fazel, Thérèse van Amelsvoort, et al.. (2022). Validation and recalibration of OxMIV in predicting violent behaviour in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3 indexed citations

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Beaudry, Gabrielle, Rongqin Yu, Amanda Perry, & Seena Fazel. (2021). Effectiveness of psychological interventions in prison to reduce recidivism: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. The Lancet Psychiatry. 8(9). 759–773. 63 indexed citations

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Zhong, Shaoling, Rongqin Yu, Robert Cornish, et al.. (2021). Assessment of violence risk in 440 psychiatric patients in China: examining the feasibility and acceptability of a novel and scalable approach (FoVOx). BMC Psychiatry. 21(1). 120–120. 4 indexed citations

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Beaudry, Gabrielle, Rongqin Yu, Niklas Långström, & Seena Fazel. (2020). An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis: Mental Disorders Among Adolescents in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 60(1). 46–60. 91 indexed citations

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Favril, Louis, Rongqin Yu, Keith Hawton, & Seena Fazel. (2020). Risk factors for self-harm in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry. 7(8). 682–691. 132 indexed citations

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Senior, Morwenna, Matthias Burghart, Rongqin Yu, et al.. (2020). Identifying Predictors of Suicide in Severe Mental Illness: A Feasibility Study of a Clinical Prediction Rule (Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide Tool or OxMIS). Frontiers in Psychiatry. 11. 268–268. 27 indexed citations

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Yu, Rongqin, Alejo Nevado‐Holgado, Yasmina Molero, et al.. (2019). Mental disorders and intimate partner violence perpetrated by men towards women: A Swedish population-based longitudinal study. PLoS Medicine. 16(12). e1002995–e1002995. 96 indexed citations

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Yu, Rongqin, Susan Branje, Wim Meeus, Philip J. Cowen, & Seena Fazel. (2018). Depression, violence and cortisol awakening response: a 3-year longitudinal study in adolescents. Psychological Medicine. 49(6). 997–1004. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Rongqin, Anya Topiwala, Robin Jacoby, & Seena Fazel. (2018). Aggressive Behaviors in Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 27(3). 290–300. 31 indexed citations

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Yu, Rongqin, Jaap Nieuwenhuis, Wim Meeus, et al.. (2016). Biological sensitivity to context: Cortisol awakening response moderates the effects of neighbourhood density on the development of adolescent externalizing problem behaviours. Biological Psychology. 120. 96–107. 16 indexed citations

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Yu, Rongqin, Susan Branje, Loes Keijsers, & Wim Meeus. (2014). Personality Effects on Romantic Relationship Quality through Friendship Quality: A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study in Youths. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e102078–e102078. 13 indexed citations

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Yu, Rongqin, John Geddes, & Seena Fazel. (2012). Personality Disorders, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. Journal of Personality Disorders. 26(5). 775–792. 167 indexed citations

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